The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-11
THE PROBABILITIES.


Notwithstanding the effort to be
cheerful on the part of those who are
scheming for the plumber of the people
of Utah by means of the Tucker bill,
they cannot succeed in hiding the fact
that they are nervous and doubtful of
the passage of the bill. The kilograms
sent here by the Busy Bs to stimulate
the members of the Loyal League. and
encourage them to be prompt in the
payment of dues, do not agree with the
reports sent from Washington by dis
interested correspondents. Last Satur-
day many of the special correspondents
sent dispatches to their papers, in
reference to the doings OF the conference
committee, and with striking unanimity
the newspaper men agreed that there
were doubts as to the agreement of the
committee. Some said that Edmunds
refused to accept the provision
giving the Governor of Utah
power to appoint the officers of the
Territory, declaring that he would
rather see the bill fail than assent
to SO un-reHublican and dangerous
proposition. Out here we are con-
stantly told that Mr.. Collins presents
the only obstacle to an agreement
Edmunds and Tucker being in perfect
harmony except as to section one in re-
gard to the competency of the legal
wife as witness. The committee will
meet again to-day, when we will learn
more as to who stands in the way of
an agreement, and whether or not
Edmunds really enjoys having his
thunder stolen by q Southern Demo
cratic demagogue who fought the
Vermonter in 1882, Meantime, the fol-
lowing special telegram which appeared
in the Chicago Inter-Ocea last Sun
day will be read with interest by those
who are hoping the infamous scheme to
plumber Utah viii not be successful:
WASHINGTON, February 5.-The prospects
of the passage of the anti-Mormon bill are
n, favorable. The amendments added to
the Jill III the mouse winch were thought
by the friends of the measure at the time to
bode no good to it, may result in its defeat.
At all events they are now used with much
ingenuity by the Mormon agents as means
TO defeat the bill. The prejudices of Re-
publican Senators have been aroused
against the House amendment. which gives
the Governor OF Utah such extraordinary
power IN the appointment OF local muuici-
pal officers. 1t is discovered that this
amendment viii give The Governor author
lty to appoint some 400 local officers in that
Territory and to make himself prac.
t;cally a dicta or. The Senate Repnh-
iicans don't favor such an amend
ment believing that it confers too
great power upon one man. Some of the
Republicans think that they see behind the
proposition a trick which will result i'm piv-
ing the Democratic party great advantage
in any movement which NAV be attemnted
TO secure the admission of Utah as n State
such attempts viii not be wanting. " T
Scott, who is supposed to be nearer 10 the
President than almost any other Congress,
man, IS still urging that some plan he dis. |
covered by which the subject may he re-
opened snd a provision be inserted in the
bul to authorize the immediate foYm9tion of
a State Government upon the condition tnst
; le MermonS will abandon polygalny This
is one of the hobbies Of the leading Mormon
attorneys here. They hope that Something
will yet hspp-n by means of which they
will be able 10 save the power of the Nor
mon hierarchy, ana NO more ingenius way
has been devised than TO offer to a Demo-
cratic administration the bribe OF two Dem.
ocratic senators and three electoral votes in
1855